SHORTCIRCUIT

Short Circuit

Short Circuit is a 1986 American science fiction comedy film directed by John Badham, and written by S. S. Wilson and Brent Maddock. The film's plot centers upon a cutting edge military robot which is struck by lightning and gains sentience. Taking the name "Johnny Five", the robot escapes confinement and ventures out to explore its new life. Short Circuit stars Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens, Austin Pendleton, and G. W. Bailey, with Tim Blaney as the voice of Johnny Five.

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short circuit

Noun

  1. A usually unintentional connection of low resistance or impedance in a circuit such that excessive and often damaging current flows in it.

Verb

  1. to cause a short circuit in
  2. to force termination of an ongoing process before its natural conclusion by bypassing one or more intermediary steps
  3. to terminate a loop before the declared termination condition is met or a conditional before all conditions have been tested for


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